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B. RABBETED DRAWER FRONTS
Drawer fronts that have been rabbeted
around the inside edge to create a lip to
restrict drawer travel in the closed position
require some additional setup.
To produce half-blind dovetails on rabbeted
drawer fronts:
1.
A spacer must be added to the
vertical side stop in the front of the jig to
compensate for the rabbet. The width of the
spacer must be the same width as the
rabbet.
2.
The fence must also be set back an
additional amount equal to the width of the
rabbet.
C. FLUSH OFFSET JOINT
D. RABBETED JOINT
3.
Since the side piece is unsupported by
the front piece (the rabbet created a void
behind the side piece), it is likely that the
router bit will cause tear out each time' the
bit exits the side piece. To prevent tear out,
place a wood spacer cut to the same
dimensions as the rabbet for back-up
support behind the top edge of the side
piece.
E. BOX FINGER JOINT
When cutting the box finger joint, both
pieces of stock must be put into the dovetail
machine vertically as in Figure 6. One piece
of stock is lined up flush to the left of one of
the comb table fingers and the other piece
of stock is lined up flush to the right of one
of the comb table fingers (see part number
12). Always set router bit depth to cut the
exact thickness of the stock being used,
this will give you a perfect box finger joint
every time. To avoid router bit from hitting
template, raise up comb table to the
appropriate height with shim stock.
OPERATIONS